In nature, shapes mostly appear with curves and non-flat faces. It's only through human creations that shapes with straight lines and pointed angles are common. A team of mathematicians has ...

These modules would hold their shape until they were reprogrammed to change their form and fulfill some other need. In the second example, the researchers designed a flexible space telescope.

Fractals are never-ending patterns that repeat the same shape at bigger and smaller scales. Fractals in nature appear to humans as messy, even chaotic. Trees grow by branching in every direction ...

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published: 2024-02-27 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2314423121 Affiliations: 4 Authors: 5 ...